PDF Properties
Using a custom set of XML tags inside your HTML, you can insert both custom metadata as well as instructions for how the PDF would be viewed in a PDF viewer application (subject of course to that application supporting those features).
Options
You use the (optional) tag <pdfproperties> and within that tag you
can insert <metainfo> and <pdfpreferences>
sections as shown in the instructions below. Within the
<metainfo> tag, you can add <prop> tags
with @name, @value attribute pairs with the data you wish
to store in the PDF metadata. Anything without one of the recognized, standard PDF
names (author, title, subject,
creator, keywords) are stored in custom metadata in
the PDF.
The <pdfpreferences> section allows you to insert one or more
<pref> tags with specific @name,
@value pairs that control the way the resulting PDF is displayed
with a viewer that supports standard PDF view attributes. The support
name, @value pairs are listed below and grouped into
all the available categories:
General PDF Options
These options let you control some general information about the generated PDF.
bookmarks - sets whether PDF bookmarks are generated or not. The default
is "false" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "true" if you want
bookmarks in PDF. Note that bookmarks are only generated for interpreted
hierarchical information. All h1 elements and there following
h2 elements and so on. Skipping levels will break the sequence and
the bookmarks will not be correct.
pdf-version - sets the PDF version number. The default is version 1.5
for Cloudformatter but you set @value to values like "1.3", "1.4",
"1.6" or "1.7" if you wish to change the version. Be aware thar some other features
could be disabled by setting the version too low.
compress - sets whether the PDF is compressed or not. The default is
"true" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "false" if you want
uncompressed PDF.
linearize - sets whether the PDF is linearized or not. The default is
"false" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "true" if you want to
optimize a long PDF for web view.
PDF View Options
These options let you control how the PDF when opened appears to the end user.
view-mode - Choose from one of the following:
auto- If there are bookmarks in the document, the bookmarks pane is displayed. Otherwise, all auxiliary panes are hidden.show-none- All auxiliary panes are hidden.show-bookmarks- The bookmarks pane is displayed.show-thumbnails- The thumbnails pane is displayed.full-screen- The document is displayed in full screen-mode.
initial-zoom - Choose from one of the following:
auto- Page scaling is not specified.fit- The page is scaled to fit completely into the view port.fit-width- The page is scaled so that its width matches the width of the view port.fit-height- The page is scaled so that its height matches the height of the view port.###or####%- The page is scaled by the number or percentage specified.
page-layout - Choose from one of the following:
auto- Uses settings of viewer application.single-page- Displays one page at a time.continuous- Displays pages continuously in one column.two-columns-left- Displays pages continuously in two columns, with odd-numbered pages to the left.two-columns-right- Displays pages continuously in two columns, with odd-numbered pages to the right.two-pages-left- Displays pages in two columns, by two pages at a time, with odd-numbered pages to the left.two-pages-right- Displays pages in two columns, by two pages at a time, with odd-numbered pages to the right.
viewer-preferences - A comma separated list of the following
possibilities:
hide-toolbar- Hides the viewer application's tool bars when the document is active.hide-menubar- Hides the viewer application's menu bar when the document is active.hide-window-ui- Hides user interface elements in the document's window (such as scroll bars and navigation controls), leaving only the document's contents displayed.fit-window- Resizes the document's window to fit the size of the first displayed page.center-window- Positions the document's window in the center of the screen.display-document-title- Controls whether the window's title bar displays the document title taken from the "title" metadata field.
PDF Security
These options allow you to specify owner and user security in the PDF output. User-level security can inject a password to be used to open the PDF, while owner-level security can control what can be done with the PDF (like printing it or copying the data from it).
userpassword - Sets the user password that must be entered to view the
PDF. There are no options, the @value passed is the password to be
used.
ownerpassword - Sets the owner password that must be entered to enable
advanced processing of the PDF. There are no options, the @value passed
is the password to be used. An ownerpassword is used to lock down certain privledges
that an owner will grant to a recipient of the PDF. Without the owner password,
recipients can be restricted from certain things. By default they are restricted
from everything, and you can then specify what additional things you allow by using
userpriviledges.
userpriviledges - A comma separated list of the following
possibilities:
print- Enables printing the document.modify- Enables editing the document.copy- Enables copying text and images from the document to the clipboard.annotate- Enables adding notations to the document and changing the field values.
PDF Pre-Press Options
These allow you to specify crop marks, bleeds and registration marks to be applied to the PDF.
crop-offset - specify offsets from the meaningful content on the page to
the edges of the physical media (/MediaBox entry in the PDF page dictionary). Its
value is a series of 1 to 4 length specifiers that set offsets from the edges of the
page area to the corresponding edges of the /MediaBox. Rules for expanding the value
are the same as for the padding property in CSS.
bleed - specify the bleeds — an extra space around the page area into
which the contents of the page may protrude (/BleedBox entry in the PDF page
dictionary). Its value is a series of 1 to 4 length specifiers that set offsets from
the edges of the page area to the corresponding edges of the /BleedBox. Rules for
expanding the value are the same as for the padding property in CSS.
crop-mark-width - defines line width for the crop marks, setting it to 0
disables drawing of crop marks.
bleed-mark-width - defines line width for the bleed marks, setting it to
0 disables drawing of bleed marks.
printer-mark - specify additional SVG images to be drawn in the offset
area surrounding the page (specified by crop-offset and bleed parameters). Printer
marks are clipped to the outside of the bleed rectangle. The @value is
a URL to an SVG you have. This sample has two URLs (one for a colorbar and one for a
registration mark) you can also use if you like.
The following code is what is behind this page for producing the PDF. Of course, you would only see the things supported by your PDF viewer you use. If you wish to see them all in action, then use "download" and Adobe Reader to view the PDF.
Recent changes in some browsers will not treat this XML as XML. Instead it tries (incorrectly) to not close tags. For best results, be sure to use open and close tags and not a self-closing tag.
<pdfproperties style="display:none;">
<metainfo>
<prop name="author" value="Xportability LLC"></prop>
<prop name="title"
value="Xportability Cloudformatter: Showing Custom
PDF Properties"></prop>
<prop name="subject" value="A Cloudformatter Document"></prop>
<prop name="creator" value="css2pdf@cloudformatter.com"></prop>
<prop name="keywords" value="CSS, PDF, Cloudformatter"></prop>
<prop name="custom1" value="value1"></prop>
<prop name="custom2" value="value2"></prop>
<prop name="custom3" value="value3"></prop>
<prop name="custom4" value="value4"></prop>
</metainfo>
<pdfpreferences>
<pref name="bookmarks" value="true"></pref>
<pref name="pdf-version" value="1.6"></pref>
<pref name="view-mode" value="auto"></pref>
<pref name="initial-zoom" value="fit-height"></pref>
<pref name="page-layout" value="two-columns-left"></pref>
<pref name="viewer-preferences" value="display-document-title"></pref>
<pref name="crop-offset" value="0.5in"></pref>
<pref name="crop-mark-width" value="1px"></pref>
<pref name="printer-mark"
value="http://www.cloudformatter.com/Resources/Images/registration.svg"></pref>
<pref name="printer-mark"
value="http://www.cloudformatter.com/Resources/Images/colorbar.svg"></pref>
</pdfpreferences>
</pdfproperties>
Sample Output H2
Consetetur diam sadipscing kasd voluptua invidunt adipiscing esse elitr magna duis lorem iusto sit et vero facilisi ullamcorper justo. Dolores dolor ea at sed magna iusto vulputate diam nibh lorem sed mazim sadipscing et sed tation gubergren. Sed kasd vulputate lobortis gubergren dolor amet esse. Dolore sanctus elitr mazim nonumy dolor duo sadipscing at justo consequat dolore. Sanctus exerci amet veniam duo consetetur ad diam et dolore magna.
Elitr amet erat est et duis ut. Sea accusam ut aliquyam et ipsum at vel dolor in diam dolores et sanctus. Vero praesent ut. Accusam ea kasd mazim kasd in nisl dolore takimata rebum accusam sit. Velit diam dolor. Lorem magna voluptua invidunt eirmod takimata eirmod vulputate lorem.
Sample Output H3
Ut et sanctus takimata stet sed stet labore ipsum duis. Vulputate et consetetur dolor duo magna imperdiet diam sit elitr sadipscing takimata sea dolore no dolore soluta takimata. Duo vulputate consetetur dolor eros no no sed no. Nibh eirmod ipsum amet. Diam lorem nonumy invidunt exerci takimata erat stet accusam nulla exerci gubergren magna accusam minim no. Dolore tempor euismod duo eum et ipsum sadipscing gubergren elit.
Justo lorem consetetur. Soluta exerci ipsum invidunt ut praesent dolore et sit in clita lorem amet kasd exerci kasd. Dolor facilisi vulputate. Sanctus ipsum labore diam sadipscing ipsum elitr gubergren duo ut lobortis sit. Quis elit et eos stet dolore. Est eos sit nonummy et minim duis et.
Sample Output H4
Accusam magna lorem eros dolore sanctus ullamcorper no eos magna et rebum diam diam takimata dolore blandit dolore magna. Stet labore sea stet magna labore aliquip laoreet takimata duis et. Lorem no nulla vero consequat sanctus dolores at dolores dolor suscipit rebum ut sed amet. Ut accusam sadipscing volutpat diam stet amet. Justo diam rebum voluptua. Aliquyam dolor accumsan lorem sanctus sadipscing velit nonummy. Lorem ad rebum vulputate no dolor amet. Imperdiet hendrerit magna.
Lobortis odio ipsum aliquyam elitr magna feugait labore nisl et elitr sit lobortis amet lorem gubergren erat enim tincidunt. Amet duo lorem ipsum sit ipsum at te nonumy rebum vero tempor dolore at et lorem. Dolor amet et et amet diam ipsum eos eirmod magna sed sit labore duo et sit iusto. Vulputate accusam delenit aliquyam nonumy volutpat labore ut sed amet lorem et nibh sed sit est vel sit. Justo sit lorem eum magna stet ea in ea consetetur kasd. Sed nonumy dignissim erat diam feugait ipsum sea magna adipiscing amet diam dolor ipsum sit sadipscing clita ea.
Sample Output H4
Hendrerit nostrud eirmod est et euismod duo et vero dolore justo erat. Autem autem quis at ipsum labore magna est diam invidunt wisi et et feugait diam. Accusam et elit dolore quis. Zzril elitr duis dolor ipsum elitr kasd tempor diam. Dolore et est velit in justo rebum. Ipsum clita amet ut cum ex dolores ut diam stet sit diam lorem dolor molestie. Ipsum duo amet dolor magna diam diam erat ad lorem sed consetetur assum takimata est ipsum erat. Dolores nobis dolore diam tation lorem nulla duo invidunt consetetur adipiscing dolor. Ut dolor lorem lorem elitr nulla clita et no eos at. Duis no eos ea et. Sit kasd invidunt duis tempor justo odio kasd clita sanctus erat eirmod amet invidunt lorem feugiat.
Dolor consequat vel feugiat dolores ipsum nulla sed vulputate est. Sed in odio ipsum kasd. Vel suscipit tempor et labore ut aliquyam adipiscing accumsan diam facer diam in odio accusam invidunt adipiscing. Amet et takimata nibh. Elitr euismod aliquip ut lorem et rebum eros molestie gubergren tempor ea. Molestie consetetur aliquip minim ut dolor. Nulla duo soluta dolore dolore erat lorem kasd facilisi et gubergren. Sanctus invidunt minim sed nobis blandit tempor gubergren voluptua et takimata euismod lorem duo invidunt et diam dolor. Invidunt no justo ipsum vero eos est. Sit dolores sit labore stet takimata in duis soluta.
Sample Output H3
Amet dolor sea suscipit adipiscing gubergren kasd eos sanctus rebum clita et takimata. Molestie et labore molestie eirmod hendrerit dolores clita et voluptua eum eos ipsum sadipscing. Clita sed et gubergren amet consequat aliquam. Aliquam nisl tation. Sit ipsum ipsum dolore ipsum sit accumsan vel consequat no vero rebum ex magna eirmod magna dolore stet. Clita dolores invidunt facilisis mazim velit dolore takimata dolore rebum. Magna ipsum magna diam dolores stet rebum iriure sit diam et erat accusam dolore. Ex tincidunt lorem no placerat eum ullamcorper sed autem consetetur rebum tempor et quis et. Sea sed diam eum lorem gubergren sed blandit no dolores et vel ut justo duo ea tempor takimata. Accusam nulla dolor elitr nobis nam. Est et dolor consetetur duo et voluptua eirmod ea nonumy dolores dolore dolore accusam.
Sit euismod consetetur vero euismod et te amet. Accusam dolor ea nulla dolores eirmod consequat sed stet clita diam et rebum et est te ipsum sea. Magna molestie sed eu takimata eum dolor et elitr consectetuer invidunt et. Sit dolores autem ipsum gubergren euismod autem dolor dolore illum dolore. Tempor erat invidunt tempor eirmod vel sea ipsum amet sit dolor. Invidunt elitr lorem consetetur est minim nibh nibh vel laoreet rebum autem molestie dolor. Et te eros et lorem molestie et. Dolores est nulla ipsum sit quod labore. Et sadipscing gubergren et consequat laoreet et zzril lorem sea lorem kasd elit rebum sanctus. Invidunt eu assum nonumy suscipit.
Sample Output H4
Et ea laoreet dolore takimata nonummy sadipscing facilisis dolore ipsum amet luptatum. At ut rebum dolore nonumy kasd. Amet dolor gubergren et ipsum lorem eu et ipsum. Sit dolore te vero assum et ea sea magna ut nonumy consequat et eu dolores ipsum vel dolores amet. Ullamcorper et vel voluptua mazim sed sanctus ex erat. Stet diam eos diam ipsum consequat sanctus ea suscipit duis lorem vero. Voluptua dolor rebum et autem iusto est et rebum veniam consectetuer. Stet ut labore magna gubergren rebum eu erat vero accusam dolor.
Nulla et sadipscing accusam erat dolor ea. Lorem laoreet mazim no takimata gubergren sed vero at lorem magna sanctus eu nonumy minim accusam. Amet volutpat invidunt sed soluta lorem amet vel sea. Accusam stet erat commodo at. Et accusam vel sea ipsum lorem tempor qui est amet et accusam et dolores vulputate invidunt accusam liber invidunt. Sit est eirmod justo hendrerit diam erat consetetur takimata clita sit et ut vero kasd. Et consetetur ipsum et dolores ad nonumy ea. Facilisis autem voluptua consetetur volutpat sed in amet duis et stet duo rebum ea sea tincidunt.
Sample Output H4
Sadipscing est et sit feugiat diam et dolor diam. Veniam dolore blandit luptatum lobortis lorem erat erat ipsum vel est. Nonumy et sanctus nulla dolore ex et sea diam ut at et erat congue accumsan. Dolore invidunt labore dolore ea ut eirmod veniam dolore eum sed no velit sed volutpat tation elitr accumsan et. Diam sea at dolor et amet dolores et. Congue suscipit sanctus congue ipsum dolor duo vel aliquam. Lorem sed gubergren voluptua accusam duo gubergren laoreet kasd amet amet sed. Diam ea stet et ad magna lorem et consectetuer nulla et. Sed in aliquyam ut magna ex voluptua assum lorem. Feugiat sanctus et tempor aliquam lobortis.
In est consequat lorem sadipscing dolore nostrud vero laoreet commodo esse. Tempor ea diam et aliquyam diam stet consequat aliquyam aliquyam tation ut. Ut dolor takimata sea voluptua sadipscing sea ipsum aliquyam ipsum dolores dolore sed volutpat vel amet. Magna sadipscing et aliquyam sadipscing. Duo sadipscing sea eum gubergren in laoreet clita no duis autem takimata magna ut ipsum sit. Duis ut vero duis eirmod sed eirmod diam et elitr et. Dolor iriure sanctus veniam dolor nonumy. Ea enim amet consetetur ut. Tempor lorem diam. Aliquip elitr sed labore labore aliquyam amet invidunt iusto aliquyam ut justo duo consetetur dolor qui stet.
More Sample Output H2
Gubergren sit erat ad vel gubergren consetetur sit nibh wisi odio ut sanctus elit justo amet eirmod kasd ea. Lorem sanctus et congue gubergren duis dolores sit nam eros et sed at. Dolores dolor et ipsum ipsum vero diam sadipscing molestie dolor dolor stet erat. Dolore nonumy justo et eos nostrud sit lorem. Option lorem dolore dolor luptatum tation ea rebum feugait te. Ad et clita ut rebum laoreet nulla consetetur suscipit velit nihil nulla invidunt feugiat quis sea hendrerit minim delenit. Congue duo takimata eos consetetur lorem rebum sadipscing consequat tempor volutpat tempor ipsum et consetetur dolore labore. Clita vulputate ut takimata sea et dolor et sit dolores dolor aliquyam sea accusam erat stet. Id lorem eos sed et sit ut no invidunt lorem est voluptua. Duo dolores consetetur no eleifend eos clita in diam diam accusam in dolor erat diam tincidunt veniam duo rebum. Rebum praesent dolore iriure at sit nonumy sit duis odio augue feugiat.
Sit labore ipsum. Et est ex invidunt dolores takimata nobis. Dolor gubergren facilisis ex takimata ipsum takimata velit ut praesent ullamcorper et labore. Quis clita takimata sanctus sanctus diam in. Erat est accusam ipsum ad gubergren sea nonummy nobis et sed lorem ipsum stet est. Ea no ullamcorper amet eos et consequat dolor sed dolor nostrud esse sed gubergren sit minim nulla. Eirmod elitr dolore elitr takimata dolor nonummy elitr amet duo.
Sample Output H3
Dignissim commodo euismod vero quis dolor lorem wisi tempor iriure sea dolore labore clita erat aliquyam option dolor at. Elitr accusam sea rebum ipsum eos wisi duis. Takimata labore rebum volutpat ea ea sea. Ut blandit quis stet et nulla eum labore vel no dolor imperdiet nonumy dolore ut at suscipit nisl. No veniam sed diam enim invidunt clita magna iriure dolor ut luptatum dolor tation elitr. Eos elit odio tempor clita eirmod autem molestie ea tempor et ad delenit facilisis. Stet sit dolor lorem dignissim takimata kasd amet sea diam in ipsum velit dolore gubergren amet invidunt dolor. Justo duis et stet sanctus id stet clita eirmod sit et et invidunt et ipsum. Qui sit exerci velit sed eros sit amet diam justo molestie gubergren tempor velit tempor aliquyam. Sit nisl autem erat commodo ullamcorper eos iusto amet amet amet.
Euismod quis lorem gubergren diam amet consetetur voluptua sanctus diam sed facilisi eos diam kasd lorem voluptua et no. Sit ut adipiscing erat gubergren duo gubergren nonumy. Sit vel ut lorem. Duis accusam gubergren. Ipsum stet et diam consetetur dolore dolores possim rebum sanctus clita duo duo eum at rebum. Vulputate dolore ipsum lorem et sea accusam eum quis facilisis exerci blandit sit et justo. Et molestie ullamcorper accusam eum diam dolor. Possim magna lorem gubergren ea diam.
Sample Output H4
Sed dolor accusam magna nonumy tempor voluptua clita lorem minim nisl luptatum sanctus invidunt clita feugiat diam at invidunt. Duo elitr vulputate luptatum magna sadipscing erat labore est kasd eu eu sed commodo. Augue ipsum dolore eos et no in et. Sanctus justo est. Diam sed accusam nonumy elitr diam elitr. Ipsum diam in autem dolor sed facilisis aliquam invidunt et aliquam diam no lorem sadipscing vero vel eu. Sadipscing accusam ullamcorper nonumy nibh.
Sed rebum vero possim sanctus ut nostrud zzril. Consectetuer diam sed tincidunt praesent duo et iriure dolor. Rebum id nostrud nihil ea est magna magna. Diam takimata gubergren stet. Est justo clita eos veniam rebum dolores duis dolore erat.
Sample Output H4
Takimata sit stet elitr consequat erat in ipsum at dolores at esse. Ut sadipscing invidunt eros assum elitr odio sed accusam sanctus lorem velit invidunt ea accusam veniam labore dolore amet. Dolore erat nulla et sed et diam duo rebum adipiscing est facilisi diam justo rebum. Magna eos vero et facilisi sanctus dolor stet. Diam amet rebum at ipsum vero labore praesent dolore diam est stet tempor sit ipsum sed lorem. No dolor at kasd diam invidunt eu duis diam no ipsum doming autem eum sit gubergren laoreet tincidunt. Kasd nulla iusto et vero eum stet. Elitr sadipscing voluptua gubergren vero labore sadipscing hendrerit clita sed nibh lorem sed nulla tempor eu. Nulla ut consequat sadipscing elit sed dolor et justo quod aliquip tempor magna dolor et erat.
Est lorem lorem consetetur ut. Lorem sanctus sit sit accusam amet stet voluptua at sit diam at elit et aliquyam et gubergren. Suscipit at sed ipsum ea ea veniam cum dolor illum rebum tincidunt voluptua suscipit dolore ea aliquyam at sit. Stet justo voluptua at clita labore vero diam eirmod dolor feugiat accumsan amet stet qui. Amet eirmod invidunt magna lobortis dolores dolores lorem sit et. Et vero dolore imperdiet sanctus autem. Duis in dolor labore in ea diam.
Sample Output H3
Facilisi invidunt at vel stet ut ipsum lorem takimata sit. Eum lorem vel qui aliquyam enim augue dolor rebum takimata et eos sed. Dolor aliquyam nonumy gubergren possim at ullamcorper et stet no dolor tempor wisi takimata tempor vero diam. Est dolor dolor rebum dignissim molestie accusam dolor invidunt diam. Lobortis at sit dolores nulla illum est rebum consetetur esse sed te. Et at dolor sadipscing sit. Ea invidunt magna exerci volutpat clita est.
Dolores vulputate tempor nonumy est autem autem nisl amet sit nonumy elitr et. Enim est veniam amet ut dolore consetetur magna sed amet ea diam et vero delenit ipsum est at. Erat consequat in no accusam vero invidunt nisl sed. Vero sea commodo dolore aliquyam magna nam ipsum et accusam vel eleifend accusam augue voluptua accumsan magna clita. Est sadipscing autem feugiat accumsan tempor nulla aliquyam amet sed dolor eu facilisis accusam ut odio hendrerit consectetuer elitr.
Sample Output H4
Elitr ea aliquyam est dolore erat nulla in gubergren eum sadipscing at vel consequat lorem laoreet. Eos amet blandit dolores exerci quod dolor labore takimata erat ut voluptua dolor vero eos no vero. Dolore cum diam nulla sea ipsum eos eum minim. Nulla magna ut dolore sit vel diam dolor ipsum aliquyam ea est et et at consectetuer in consequat. Et et dolore lobortis eirmod gubergren eos et et eirmod ea at ea sed consetetur delenit et sed esse.
Aliquyam id takimata iriure lorem ut. Amet dolore at elit et feugiat. Commodo gubergren hendrerit sit est vero commodo eum voluptua tempor dolores esse sed in lorem amet elitr lorem. Aliquyam diam at nonummy sed diam lorem lorem nonumy dolores nulla ut. Sit ut tincidunt suscipit. Illum ipsum nonumy accusam blandit justo justo feugiat sed at et euismod ad lorem nonummy et invidunt elit. Eleifend facilisis takimata dolor in nulla no. Ipsum aliquyam labore elitr stet et et gubergren est et diam no. Sea duo sadipscing kasd vero et adipiscing magna voluptua tempor et. Sit lorem eos at dolor amet feugiat diam diam et lorem autem invidunt volutpat eum illum eirmod.
Sample Output H4
Autem nonumy ut elitr nonumy stet diam rebum voluptua augue vel dolor at justo. Clita erat euismod lobortis elitr dolore no hendrerit illum no et minim sea euismod diam sit elitr est. Assum aliquyam consectetuer duis consetetur dolore takimata lobortis facer et sea facer vero nulla et. Rebum sanctus nisl magna eos diam justo vel. No et dolore nonumy clita ad accusam vulputate quod commodo no clita amet illum elitr dolores iriure consequat nulla. Molestie stet magna consequat et id consetetur takimata eos amet ut kasd amet nostrud. Elitr vero zzril est aliquyam in lorem delenit et et vel rebum accusam dolore nulla doming adipiscing. Sanctus ea sit in cum justo et justo. Enim ea dolor lorem clita molestie ex consectetuer gubergren aliquyam et aliquam.
Et duis diam amet nulla tempor eum consetetur. Dolor sea et dolore justo esse diam imperdiet sed gubergren sea. Labore justo et dolore diam diam at eirmod wisi ipsum et consetetur vero vel dolor. Hendrerit aliquyam adipiscing consectetuer vero magna duis diam justo tincidunt diam. Et aliquip invidunt.